WitnessChance1996
u/WitnessChance1996

As some of you may or may not be aware, ten years ago several European countries experienced a wave of which has also been referred to as a "migrant crisis'. Since then, major social changes have taken place in some of these countries, including my own (Germany).
The reason I am asking this question is that a few days ago, I saw a post on a subreddit for a Latin American country that said the original poster would rather live in Latin America than in Europe. The post also contained information about a sexual crime committed against a woman by a non-native who supposedly came to Europe illegaly.
I also recently heard from an acquaintance that a taxi driver in Mexico wouldn't stop talking ab
Hardly anything holds up as well as the myth of German efficiency, and nothing could be more fake than the cliché of German punctuality.
I'm currently sitting on some god-forsaken platform in provincial Germany freezing my ass off because our train broke down and we've been stranded here for 45 minutes. As I sit here shivering every few minutes the loudspeakers keep announcing new delays-- one train by 45 minutes, ony by 60 minutes, one by 200 minutes (wtf??).
You can't dismiss this as an unusually awful day or a passing occurrence either. Last month, only 55% of trains in Germany were delayed by five minutes or less. That doesn't even scratch the surface of the problem but to be honest
Sinister events are unfolding in the present moment. I can sense it in the air.



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!["Vanity" by Vally Wieselthier, Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, Vienna, around 1920 [OC] [1600x1204]](https://i.redd.it/or2rsrl6a2wf1.jpeg)
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![Honey vessel in the shape of a bear. Rhineland, around 1700 [1204x1600] [OC]](https://i.redd.it/me6mx6952ztf1.jpeg)